The House Without Windows. Signed by the Illustrator. First Edition plus

Follett, Barbara Newhall; Morris Jackie

ISBN 10: 024138981X / ISBN 13: 9780241389812

Published by London. Hamish Hamilton, 2019

About this Item

London. Hamish Hamilton. 2019. First printing in this publisher's edition. Originally published in 1927 by Alfred Knopf. Hard Cover. Dark blue boards with gilt butterfly device to the upper board and titles to the spine. Beautiful blue endpapers decorated with gilt tooling. Blue ribbon marker. Exclusive Signed Edition page in the prelims with the flat signed signature of the illustrator Jackie Morris dated 2019. Black and white drawings to this page, the title page and one other to the recto of the copyright page. Many more lovely illustrations in the text. Book and dust wrapper are both new. Barbara Newhall Follett was just thirteen years old when she published The House Without Windows in 1927 with the help of her father. The book went on to become a million-copy bestseller. Years later, as an adult herself, Barbara followed in the footsteps of her radical heroine - dissatisfied with the limitations of life as a respectable married woman, she walked out of her house one day and simply disappeared. Newly introduced by Jackie Morris, and filled with her beautifully inked artwork, The House Without Windows is an irresistible paean to the natural world and its transcendent effect on the human heart.

Seller Inventory # MAR06.22002

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The House Without Windows. Signed by the Illustrator. First Edition plus
• Publisher: London. Hamish Hamilton
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 024138981X
• ISBN 13: 9780241389812
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Illustrator(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • countryside, literature, memoir, signed

About this title

Synopsis

This is the irresistible and entirely unique story of one little girl's desire to escape into the wilderness. Little Eepersip doesn't want to live in a house with doors and windows and a roof, so she runs away to live in the wild - first in the Meadow, then by the Sea, and finally in the Mountain. Her heartbroken parents follow her, bringing her back home to 'safety' and locking her up in the stifling square of the house. But she slips away once more, following her heart into the richness of untrammelled nature and disappearing forever. First published in 1927 and written by a child of just twelve years old, The House Without Windows is an extraordinary paean to the transcendent beauty of the natural world, and the human capacity to connect with it.